# Ombre Weather-Flavored Ice Cream Christmas Came Early with the Haagen-Dazs Cloud Desserts By Meghan Young | Published 2013-09-27 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/haagendazs-cloud-desserts References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2013/09/ombre-ice-cream-clouds.html) & [haagendazs](http://www.haagendazs.com/) The [Haagen-Dazs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hagendazs-festive-dessert-collection) Cloud Desserts will certainly have people on cloud nine. For those who have been waiting for Haagen-Dazs' [latest Christmas creation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holiday-ice-cream-menu), it has been released way ahead of the happiest of holidays. The decadent delicacy is such a treat that some people might not even want to dig into it. Not only does the luxury ice cream take on the fluffy shape of a cloud, the Haagen-Dazs Cloud Desserts boasts an ombre-dipped appearance that is definitely with the times. Created in collaboration with Front, an all-woman design trio from Sweden, the Haagen-Dazs Cloud Desserts is available in two colors and flavors: Dawn and Twilight. Dawn is a combination of the [Marc de Champagne](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/antonio-santn) Truffle flavor with Belgian Chocolate, with swirls of Almond Macaroon biscuit for some extra crunch while Twilight is a mixture of Dulce de Leche and Cookies and Cream. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.6/10 - Popularity: 31% | Activity: 40% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Ombre-dipped Desserts:** The use of an ombre-dipped appearance in desserts creates an opportunity for disruptive innovations in the food industry, allowing for visually stunning food creations. - **Cloud-shaped Food:** The creation of cloud-shaped ice cream presents an opportunity to further explore unique and creative food shapes, offering potential disruptive innovation in the food industry. - **Holiday-themed Food:** The concept of releasing holiday-themed food before the actual holiday can create excitement and anticipation within the food industry, presenting an opportunity for disruptive innovation. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Food and Beverage Industry:** The use of unique shapes and flavors within the dessert category offers the food and beverage industry potential disruptive innovations, as it introduces new and exciting products to consumers. - **Luxury Goods Industry:** The unique and high-quality nature of the Haagen-Dazs Cloud Desserts present a disruptive innovation opportunity in the luxury goods industry, by attracting more high-end consumers with creative dessert creations. - **Design Industry:** The collaboration between Haagen-Dazs and an all-woman design trio from Sweden presents an opportunity for disruptive innovations within the design industry, as more companies strive to collaborate with designers to create visually stunning products. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Convenient Indulgence Ice Creams](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hagendazs-festive-dessert-collection.md) - [Swirled Textural Frozen Desserts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hagendazs-ice-cream-bars.md) - [Indulgent Frozen Novelties](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-haagen-dazs-products.md) - [Afternoon Tea-Inspired Ice Creams](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hagendazs-ice-cream-flavors.md) - [Macaron-Inspired Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flavours-of-love.md) - [Salty-Sweet Sundaes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/salted-brown-butter-cookie-dazzler.md) - [Founder-Honoring Ice Creams](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hagendazs-ice-cream-flavor.md) - [Playfully Indulgent Ice Cream](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/city-sweets-collection.md) - [Decadent Multitextured Ice-Cream Snacks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hagendazs-debuts.md)